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Sadly, I was in the middle of work when the G+ Hangout occurred, but the trailer is out for everyone to view at:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/vP0cUBi4hwE

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The recording of the G+ Hangout where the trailer premiered is also available. Lot of discussion over how they translated various aspects of the book to the big screen (and their hope that fans like the changes/concessions that had to be made):

YouTube

https://youtu.be/nJyEJMjD0fQ

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For those who don't want to watch all 32 minutes, some highlights:

Spoiler for Just in case:

* Battle Room scenes were changed, and the director hopes the seemingly drastic change still conveys the spirit of those scenes.
* The kids had to do a hybrid space/boot camp prior to shooting, to get them used to how they should move in space and life in a military academy.
* They had to take liberties with how they conveyed many of those conversations that famously started each chapter within the book.
* A lot of the space station was an actual set
* Asa had fun playing a character with "darker moments"
* They're well aware that this is a severely beloved book
* The Director saying he's bored with stock "here's the good guys, here's the bad guys", and he liked the moral ambiguity of this movie

Official Website: http://www.if-sentinel.com/

Book readers will be sure to see one change already (from what I hear, it was with Card's blessing). In fact, book lovers will know that Card has repeatedly shot down effort after effort to make a movie out of this book, but gave this one his blessing, so here's hoping!

Also, it's easy to make fun of, but that's a lot of Academy Award Nominees.